Written question asked by Anna Gelderd (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. It was answered by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Climate Change: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the project (a) title, (b) code and (c) cost of International Climate Finance projects under the international forest (i) indigenous peoples and local communities, (ii) Congo basin and (ii) Amazon pledge in (A) 2021-22, (B) 2022-23, (C) 2023-24 and (D) 2024-25 financial year.

Answer: At COP26, the UK committed £1.5 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) for forests from April 2021 to March 2026, including £200 million for the Congo Basin (to 2029) and £300 million for the Amazon. This forms the UK's contribution toward the Global Forest Finance Pledge, Congo Basin Pledge, and Indigenous People and Local Communities Forest Tenure Pledge. The UK invested £682 million over financial years 2021/22 (£155 million), 2022/23 (£200 million), 2023/24 (£327 million). Data is not yet finalised for 2024/2025. The UK Government publishes detail of ICF programmes through our online resource DevTracker and pledge reports can also be found online for consultation.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 48828
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Central Africa: Climate Change
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Climate change Finance Forests Democratic Republic of the Congo Indigenous peoples Amazonia
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk